Interview Tag

Meet Kyle Jelens - WMCI's High School Instructor & Program Manager. Learn about his path to becoming a teacher of construction, his goals for West Michigan Construction Institute high school students and his personal construction 'hard hat' story.

Meet Jason Roh - WMCI's Director of Instruction. Hear about who his career role models were, his 'hard hat story' of getting into construction and what advice he gives his current students.

Get to know WMCI president Jen Schottke. Hear the story about how she got to where she is today and her vision for the future of the construction industry in Michigan.

We listen to the needs of our community partners and local construction companies. Our aim is to provide the kind of quality workers that real employers in the industry tell us they need.

After college, Shawn built homes in Chicago, became a superintendent in Michigan, worked for the third largest home builder in the United States (Pulte Homes), moved into construction sales, and then went into business for himself. He then taught the